Artist: David Sylvian
Song: The boy with the gun
Tabbed by: DJ
4th Nov 2012

Tuning: Standard

A beautiful song, in contrast to it's subject
about a crazy lone gunman

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Em (022000@1)           D (xx0232@1)           Cmaj7 (x32000@1)         Bm7 (x20202@1)   B7| (x21202@1)/_/_/  /_/_/ | /_/_/  /_/_/ | /_/_/  /_/_/ | /_/_/  /_/_/ | (Twice)

Em (022000@1)        Em7      Dsus2 (xx0230@1)              Cmaj7 (x32000@1)                 Cadd9 (x32030@1)  He knows well his...    wicked ways, a...   course of bitter - ness,
Em (022000@1)              Em7    Dsus2 (xx0230@1)                  Cmaj7 (x32000@1)              Cadd9 (x32030@1)  A grudge held from his... childhood days, as if...life had loved him less,
Am (x02210@1)                Am6 (x02212@1)                 Am7 (x02010@1)                   D (xx0232@1)  Reading down his... list of names, he...   ticks them, one by one,
Fm (133111@1)                    Gm (355333@1)       Ab (xx1114@1)                Bb (x1333x@1)  He points the barrel at the sky,   firing shots off... at the sun,
 Esus4 (022200@1) Em (022000@1)    D (xx0232@1)           Cmaj7 (x32000@1)            Bm7 (x20202@1)     B7 (x21202@1)Emsus2  Em (022000@1)D| (xx0232@1)/_/_/  /_/_/ | /_/_/  /_/_/ |  I am the law, and I am the king-------------,
Cmaj7 (x32000@1)              B7 (x21202@1)        Em (022000@1) I am the wisdom, listen to me sing!

Em (022000@1)         Em7     Dsus2 (xx0230@1)                    Cmaj7 (x32000@1)           Cadd9 (x32030@1)  He carves out the...   victims names, in the wooden butt of the... gun,
Em (022000@1)             Em7   Dsus2 (xx0230@1)                 Cmaj7 (x32000@1)            Cadd9 (x32030@1)  He leans well back a -  gainst the tree, he knows his kingdoms come,
      Am (x02210@1)                    Am6 (x02212@1)             Am7 (x02010@1)                DHe'll... (xx0232@1)breath a sigh, self -   satisfied, the... work is in good hands,
Fm (133111@1)                        Gm (355333@1)           Ab (xx1114@1)                Bb (x1333x@1)  He shoots the coins in - to the air, and...follows where the...money lands,
 Esus4 (022200@1) Em (022000@1)    D (xx0232@1)           Cmaj7 (x32000@1)            Bm7 (x20202@1)     B7 (x21202@1)Emsus2  Em (022000@1)D| (xx0232@1)/_/_/  /_/_/ | /_/_/  /_/_/ |  I am the law, and I am the king-------------,
Cmaj7 (x32000@1)              B7 (x21202@1)        Em (022000@1) I am the wisdom, listen to me sing!

Em (022000@1)          Em7    Dsus2 (xx0230@1)                  Cmaj7 (x32000@1)       Cadd9 (x32030@1)   He pauses at the...     city's edge, of hellfire and of stone,
Em (022000@1)           Em7    Dsus2 (xx0230@1)                       Cmaj7 (x32000@1)            Cadd9 (x32030@1)   He summons up the...   devil there, to give him...   courage of his own,
      Am (x02210@1)                Am6 (x02212@1)                  Am7 (x02010@1)                  DHe'll... (xx0232@1)free the sinners...  of deceit, they'll...  hear his name and run,
Fm (133111@1)                   Gm (355333@1)        Ab (xx1114@1)                   Bb (x1333x@1)   His justice is his own reward,     measured out be - neath the sun!

Esus4 (022200@1) Em (022000@1)    Dsus2 (xx0230@1)           
| /_/_/  /_/_/ | /_/_/  /_/_/ |

Cmaj7 (x32000@1)            Bm7 (x20202@1)      B7 (x21202@1)       Em (022000@1)       Dsus2 (xx0230@1) I am the law, and I am the king--------------,
                   (My name,  my name's------ on the gun----!)

Cmaj7 (x32000@1)             Bm7 (x20202@1)     B7 (x21202@1)      Em (022000@1)        Dsus2 (xx0230@1) I am the wisdom, listen---  to me--  sing!
                   (My name,  my name's------ on the gun----!)

Cmaj7 (x32000@1)            Bm7 (x20202@1)      B7 (x21202@1)    Em (022000@1) Dsus2 (xx0230@1)  
  I am the law, and I am the king-----------------,

Cmaj7 (x32000@1)             Bm7 (x20202@1) B7 (x21202@1)   Em (022000@1) Dsus2 (xx0230@1)       Cmaj7 (x32000@1)        Bm7 (x20202@1) B7 (x21202@1) I am the wisdom, listen to me sing!| /_/_/ /_/_/ | /_/_/ /_/_/ | /_/_/ /_/_/ |

Em (022000@1)          Dsus2 (xx0230@1)        Cmaj7 (x32000@1)         Bm7 (x20202@1)   B7||: (x21202@1)/_/_/  /_/_/ | /_/_/  /_/_/ | /_/_/  /_/_/ | /_/_/  /_/_/ :||(Three times)

Em (022000@1)         Dsus2 (xx0230@1)         Cmaj7 (x32000@1)Bm7 (x20202@1)    B7 (x21202@1)     Em| (022000@1)/_/_/  /_/_/ | /_/_/  /_/_/ |            The work has just--- begun,

Dsus2 (xx0230@1)                 Cmaj7 (x32000@1) Bm7 (x20202@1)  B7 (x21202@1)    
       The boy with the gun!  | /_/_/  /_/_/ |

Em (022000@1)          D (xx0232@1)           Cmaj7 (x32000@1)         Bm7 (x20202@1)   B7| (x21202@1)/_/_/  /_/_/ | /_/_/  /_/_/ | /_/_/  /_/_/ | /_/_/  /_/_/ |

Em (022000@1)                 DDsus2  Am (x02210@1)          Em||: (022000@1)/__/__/  /__/__/ |   /__/__/  /__/__/ :||   /  ||



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Em (022000@1)   =  022000      Fm (133111@1)    =  133111
D (xx0232@1)    =  xx0232      Gm (355333@1)    =  355333
Cmaj7 (x32000@1)=  x35500      Ab (xx1114@1)    =  466544
Bm7 (x20202@1)  =  x20202      Bb (x1333x@1)    =  688766
B7 (x21202@1)   =  x21202      Esus4 (022200@1) =  022200
Em7    =  022030      Emsus2  =  022002
Dsus2 (xx0230@1)=  xx0230            
Cadd9 (x32030@1)=  x32020            
Am (x02210@1)   =  x02210
Am6    =  x02212
Am7    =  x02213